December Deadline Looms as Barbie Sequel Talks Stall: Rights Revert to Mattel If No Deal

Warner Bros must finalise deals with Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling and Greta Gerwig by December or Barbie film rights revert to Mattel, per The Guardian. Mattel could then make a sequel elsewhere — but without any story elements from the $1.5bn original, and without Robbie, Gosling or Gerwig. Talks have stalled over salary and profit-participation demands.